This week's round-up also stars great German overhead kicks, when high diving goes bad and the possible future for Liverpool
1) The 10th cricket World Cup begins this weekend, but for two of the main Test-playing nations, an absence of glory has been particularly heartbreaking. Because of the international sporting ban, the South Africans have had a mere two decades of heartache: in 1992 they were knocked out in the semi-final by a controversial rain ruling. But then things went from bad to worse: in 1999 Herschelle Gibbs dropped the World Cup in their last group game which could have eliminated the Australians. A few days later, Australia's survival came back to bite them in a semi-final marked by one of the most comical and pointless run outs of cricket history. Four years later they came unstuck because they failed to understand the rules.
England have 36 years of hurt in this trophy, beaten finalists three times: victims of a Viv Richards whirlwind followed up with a Joel Garner demolishing in 1979; In 1987 things seemed to be going well until Mike Gatting attempted this and in the 1992 final they were undone by Imran Khan's Tigers.
Australia have won the last three tournaments, but once upon a time it seemed like no one would beat the Windies. There were all those fast bowlers of course, but here are two batting masterclasses, from Clive Lloyd in the 1975 final and Viv Richards in the 1979 final.
2) The second half of his career may have been forgettable, but during the early years at PSV (1994-96) and at Barcelona (specifically 1996-97), Ronaldo was all kinds of brilliant.
3) We've posted some of the worst in the past, but as a timely warning for Chris Ashton, here's a comprehensive collection of when rugby union players celebrate too soon.
4) Wayne Rooney's overhead kick wasn't bad, but it still wasn't a patch on J�rgen Wegmann's for Bayern in 1988. (And J�rgen Klinsmann's and Stefan Kohn's from the previous two seasons weren't bad either). Both are here on this German goal of the season compilation from 1971 to 1995.
5) Raheem Sterling could become Liverpool's youngest ever player if he plays in the Europa League tie against Sparta Prague. Here's the five goals he scored in the FA Youth Cup against Southend which won him his spot on the plane to the Czech Republic. Here are some tricks he learned at QPR; while his Liverpool team-mate Suso's not bad either.
6) With West Ham off to the Olympic Stadium, here's a trip down Upton Park's memory lane for an FA Cup tie against Manchester United from 1911.
Our favourites from last week's blog
1) Usman Ahmed talked the talk and danced the dance on his way to this 2010 fight with Ashley Sexton. Sadly, he couldn't walk the walk ...
2) When high diving goes bad. (Don't worry, he walked away, folks).
3) Yet more brilliance from R�mi Gaillard in his real-life Mario Kart sequel. Love the bananas ...
4) Chester City v Stoke City in a 1995 pre-season game. Watching from the stands, Chester midfielder Eddie Bishop attempts to help out by heading back a wayward clearance. Big mistake. Sticking with pre-season action from 30 years previous, here's Watford's maverick pre-season training camp in the Lake District,
6) A runaway pig gets collared by a giant chicken on the baseball diamond.
Spotters' badges: SuperBomberMan, koverton, Radar, dandave, IKNOWNOTHING, Davinski83.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/feb/17/classic-youtube-cricket-ronaldo-schadenfreude
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